Improvement in fence-posts



G. W. CHANDLER & s. H DEERING.

Patented Oct. 30,1877.

Fence-Posts.

JZ'gz ara ATTORNEYS.

s UNITED STATES PATENT QEEIGE.

' GEORGE w. CHANDLER m SYLVESTER 11'. DEERING, 0E MOINGONA, IOWA.

j l l MV-PROVE'MENT m FENCE-POSTS.

Specification forming-part of Letters Patent No. 196,561, dated October 30, 1877; application filed August 24, 1877.

To all whom it they 0 0mm.

Be it known that we, GEORGE WILLIAM CHANDLER and .SYLVESTER- -H( )BERT DEER- ING, of Moingona,-in the county of Boone and fence-post, the base being shown. in section.

Fig. 2 is a detail view of the iron part of the I post,turned one-quarter around.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts. g The object of this invention isto furnish an improved post for fences which shall be simple in construction, and which will not sag, and cannot be heaved or thrown out by the frost. A is a rod, of iron, of suitable size and length, according to the purpose for which the post is to be used. B is the base of the post, which is made bell-shaped, and witha cylindrical enlargement upon its lower end, forminga shoulder. The lower endof thebase B is closed witha bottom 'plate,.0,whichhas aflange upon 7 I itsupperside,littingintothemouthof thebase B, The base B and. cap-plate O are made of e clay, baked liard,-in the manner of earthenware.

Through the top of the base B and the center of the bottom plate '0 are formed holes,

through which the 'postA passes, and is se-' cured in place by a-nut, a}, screwed upon its lower end, and by lips a? form ed upon it, which 1 rest upon a washer, a, placed upon the top of thebaseB. When the post A BC is-to be set, the base B is to be filled withearth, to make itheavy and anchor it more securely in the ground.

In Fig. 1 the post is represented as being used for a wire fence. In this case the fencewires D cross the ,postat suitable distances apart, and are secured to it by a small wire, E, which is passed several times around the post A, below the lower wire D, is passed around the wire D at each side of the post A, is then taken up to the next wire D, is passedaround the wire D at both sides of thepostA, is taken up to the next wire, and so on to the top wire D, where it is again passed a number of times around the post. The post A, just below the lower wire D and just above the upper wire D, has lips or notches a formed in it, to prevent the coils of the wire E from slipping up or down.

When the post is used as a hitching-post, it

should have a hole formed through its upper part to receive the hitching-strap.

When the posts are used for fencing cemetery-lots, yards, 850., the posts A should have a hole formed in their upper part to receive the chain.

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The base B, made of hard-burnt clay, in the shape of a bell, with a cylindrical projection around its lower part, and provided with a burnt-clay bottom plate, 0, in combination with the iron rod or post A, substantially as herein shown and described.

GEORGE WILLIAM CHANDLER.

SYLVESTER HOBERT DEERING. Witnesses:

A. P. DONALDSON,

REUBEN DEERING. 

